Summary: starting immediately, replies to mems-talk postings will be
directed to the mems-talk list by default.

Explanation:
One problem with the mems-talk list is that few threads of discussion
are formed; most of the list traffic is just a stream of questions
with no follow-ups.  One reason for this is that in most mail
programs, the default action when you reply to a posting is to send
your reply privately to the original questioner.  (Most good mail
programs have separate 'reply' and 'group-reply' commands, but few
people know about them and therefore just use 'reply' all the time.)

In an effort to fix this problem, I've just changed the list's setup
so that when you reply to a posting, the default action will be for
your reply to go to this list.  Please address any comments about this
change or about the list to me, or bring them up on the list itself.

(If you're familiar with how Internet mail works, the technical
description of the change is that messages from the list will now have
a "Reply-To: [email protected]" header added to them.)

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A.M. Kuchling                     [email protected]
Technical Staff, MEMS Exchange    Tel.: (703) 262-5368 x5374